Promotions, appointments and awards in metro Detroit's medical community

• Ella Kazerooni, professor of radiology, associate chair for clinical affairs and director of cardiothoracic radiology at the University of Michigan, has been awarded a gold medal from the American Roentgen Ray Society for distinguished service to radiology. She was also given the inaugural President's Inspiration Award for Leadership from the Society of Thoracic Radiology.

• Hayley Thompson, associate professor of oncology for the Wayne State School of Medicine and the population studies and disparities research program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, will serve as a member of the Societal and Ethical Issues in research study section at the Center for Scientific Review of the National Institutes of Health.

Hayley Thompson

• Ananda Prasad, M.D., professor of internal medicine at Wayne State University, has been honored by the American College of Nutrition with its 2014 Alexander and Mildred Seelig Magnesium Award. The award recognizes contributions defining the role of metals in nutrition.

• Michael Embry, president of Comprehensive Benefits Inc., Chesterfield Township, has been elected to the National Association of Health Underwriters board of trustees as secretary.

Laura Marcero

• Gov. Rick Snyder made the following appointments: Laura Marcero of Grosse Pointe Farms, managing director of restructuring and turnaround practice, Huron Consulting Group Inc., to the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery; Jeff Beutner, Michigan territory manager for J&B Medical Supply Inc. in Wixom, to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators; Zeeshan Husain, D.P.M., a partner with Rochester Center for Foot and Ankle Surgery and the assistant residency director of the Detroit Medical Center podiatric medicine and surgery residency program, and Nathan Tallman, director of corporate development for Metro Wire and Cable Corp. in Sterling Heights, to the Board of Podiatric Medicine; and Kurt Tech, a commercial credit analyst for Talmer Bank and Trust in Troy, to the Board of Optometry.